ἀγριότης
Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
English (LSJ)
ητος, ἡ,
A savageness, wildness, of animals, opp. ἡμερότης, X.Mem.2.2.7, cf. Isoc.12.163, Arist.HA588a21; ofplants, Thphr.HP 3.2.4; of untilled ground, ἀ. γῆς Gp.7.1.4; of diet, Hp.VM7 (as v.l. for θηριότητα), Aër.23. II of men, in moral sense, fierceness, cruelty, Pl.Smp.197d, al., D.26.26 (pl.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀγριότης: -ητος, ἡ, ἀγρία κατάστασις ζῴων, τὸ ἀντίθετον τοῦ ἡμερότης, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 2. 2, 7, Ἰσοκρ. 267 Β, καὶ φυτῶν: Θεοφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 3. 2, 4· ἐπὶ ἀκαλλιεργήτου γῆς, ἀγρ. γῆς, Γεωπ. 7. 1: -περὶ διαίτης, τρόπου τοῦ ζῆν, Ἱππ. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 13, Ἀέρ. 294. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων -ἐπὶ ἠθικῆς ἐννοίας- ἀγριότης, σκληρότης, θηριωδία, Πλάτ. Συμπ. 197D, καὶ ἀλλ.· Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 8, 1,2· ἐν τῷ πλθ., Δημ. 808, 15.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ητος (ἡ) :
1 nature sauvage, non cultivée;
2 au mor. caractère farouche, sauvagerie, cruauté.
Étymologie: ἄγριος.
